Alien (1979)
Alien (1979)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Tom Skerritt
Dallas
Sigourney Weaver
Ripley
Veronica Cartwright
Lambert
Harry Dean Stanton
Brett
John Hurt
Kane
Ian Holm
Ash
Yaphet Kotto
Parker
Bolaji Badejo
Alien
Helen Horton
Mother (voice)
Ridley Scott
Director
Gordon Carroll
Producer
David Giler
Producer
Walter Hill
Producer
Ronald Shusett
Executive Producer / Story
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Derek Vanlint
Director of Photography
Terry Rawlings
Editor
Peter Weatherley
Editor
Michael Seymour
Production Design
Roger Christian
Art Direction
David Crowther
Editor
Leslie Dilley
Art Direction
Ian Whittaker
Set Decoration
John Mollo
Costume Design
Brian Johnson
Special Effects
Mary Goldberg
Casting
Mary Selway
Casting
Jonathan Amberston
Assistant Art Director
Max Bell
Dolby Consultant
Roy Scammell
Stunt Coordinator
Bob Penn
Still Photographer
Jean Giraud
Conceptual Design
Ben Burtt
Sound Designer
H. R. Giger
Creature Design
Benjamín Fernández
Assistant Art Director
Ron Cobb
Concept Artist
Chris Foss
Concept Artist
Bill Welch
Construction Manager
Ray Evans
Gaffer
Jimmy Walters
Key Grip
Sarah Monzani
Hairdresser
Pat Hay
Makeup Artist
Tommie Manderson
Makeup Supervisor
Paul Ibbetson
First Assistant Director
Garth Thomas
Production Manager
Brian Johnson
Special Effects Supervisor
Guy Hudson
Special Effects Technician
Phil Knowles
Special Effects Technician
Dennis Lowe
Special Effects Technician
Roger Nichols
Special Effects Technician
Neil Swan
Special Effects Technician
David H. Watkins
Special Effects Technician
Dennis Ayling
VFX Director of Photography
Kay Fenton
Continuity
Derrick Leather
Production Sound Mixer
Jim Shields
Sound Editor
Bill Rowe
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Raymond Becket
Assistant Director
Eddie Butler
Modeling
George Gunning
Carpenter
Patti Rodgers
Modeling
Eddie Powell
Stunts
Tiny Nicholls
Wardrobe Supervisor
Robert Hathaway
Music Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 25, 1979
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 57m
Content RatingR
Budget$11,000,000
Box Office$104,931,801
Filming LocationsBray Studios · Shepperton Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
Wiki.
Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon. Based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, it follows the crew of the commercial space tug Nostromo, who, after coming across a mysterious derelict spaceship on an uncharted planetoid, find themselves up against an hostile and deadly extraterrestrial set loose on the Nostromo. The film stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto. It was produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler, and Walter Hill through their company Brandywine Productions and was distributed by 20th Century-Fox. Giler and Hill revised and made additions to the script; Shusett was the executive producer. The Alien and its accompanying artifacts were designed by the Swiss artist H. R. Giger, while concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the more human settings.
Alien premiered on May 25, 1979, as the opening night of the fourth Seattle International Film Festival, presented in 70 mm at midnight. It received a wide release on June 22 and was released on September 6 in the United Kingdom. It was met with mixed reviews on release but was a box-office success, winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, three Saturn Awards (Best Science Fiction Film, Best Direction for Scott, and Best Supporting Actress for Cartwright), and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
Critical reassessment since then has resulted in Alien being widely considered one of the greatest and most influential science fiction and horror films of all time. In 2002, Alien was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. In 2008, it was ranked by the American Film Institute as the seventh-best film in the science fiction genre, and as the 33rd-greatest film of all time by Empire.
The success of Alien spawned a media franchise of films, books, video games, and toys, and propelled Weaver's acting career. The story of her character's encounters with the alien creatures became the thematic and narrative core of the sequels Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), Alien Resurrection (1997). A crossover with the Predator franchise produced the Alien vs. Predator films, while a two-film prequel series was directed by Scott before the upcoming interquel Alien: Romulus (2024).